The Master Cleanser: With Special Needs and Problems
by Stanley Burroughs
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Book Reviews of The Master Cleanser: With Special Needs and Problems
Book Review: This cleanse may not be for you if you have candida albicans (yeast) overgrowth!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
If you have candida albicans (yeast) overgrowth, beware of the Master Cleanser!
Since years ago I had seen this book at Whole Foods, but never paid attention to it. This year I went to a seminar with a friend at a healthfood store, and found the Master Cleanser interesting, but thought it was not for me because of all of the sugar in the maple syrup. Some time later Valerie Saxion N.D. was on her show on Daystar saying Stanley Burroughs' Master Cleanser is good for helping kill candida (yeast) because the cayenne warms the body and so yeast is killed. Since I have read a couple of her books and think highly of her and she said good things about the Stanley Burroughs cleanse, I thought I'd try it. I bought the book and read it cover-to-cover twice before beginning the fast.
This cleanse was not for me! I had to stop on day two; I started getting breakouts on my arms again ... where I had gotten them before when I went off of the yeast-free way of eating and my candida albicans (yeast) started quickly multiplying in my body again, and it kept getting worse and worse, and finally I was denied service at a doctor's office and told to go to the emergency room. This was a big, expensive lesson for me, costing over $1000.00, so I knew I needed to quit the Master Cleanse immediately during day 2 when I had the skin outbreaks again. My fingers also started breaking out in eczema from too much lemon.
If you try this cleanse and start having skin outbreaks like I did, I suggest you read the book "The Yeast Connection" by Dr. William Crook.
That Master Cleanser book by Stanley Burroughs is written like it is for everyone, but it is not! If you have candida albicans (yeast) overgrowth, this cleanse may not be for you.
Book Review: Second try...
Summary: 5 Stars
I read the book and researched many websites before I started. I followed the instructions to the tee. I made mine in 2 liter batches and carried a refillable bottle with me at all times. I started this cleanse w/a friend (very important!), and started phasing out after ten days because it was just in time for my 3rd wedding anniversary. I really wanted to continue, since I didn't feel ready to stop, but I didn't want to "ruin" my anniversary. I regret coming off before I was ready because I just took a head-dive straight into my old food habits (Halloween didnt help. LoL). I didn't do it to lose weight, but to get into a new head-space and make some changes for myself, to be free of my addictions. I felt great the entire time and had boundless energy. I managed to keep up my walking routine, and be involved in many tempting food situation (which did not phase me one bit!). I was able to cook and prepare food for my family and felt great. It has only been a week since the end of my first MC, but I started again yesterday. For some, this may seem like too much, but I feel like I had more to experience. I don't feel like I phased out well, and I really want to complete the elimination of my food addiction. I felt like that was happening, but I stopped too soon. My husband and friend are joining me for this one because they saw how amazing the results were with me. My husband said he felt badly on day 1, but feels great today. I'm feeling as good as I did the first go-round, so that tells me I'm doing the right thing. I am aiming for 40 days! I really believe that at least 21 days will free me off my addiction to food forever. I know it seems a little crazy, but I have never felt as calm, peaceful, level-headed, light and vibrant as while on the MC! Good Luck!Book Review: Better than any other and not that hard!
Summary: 5 Stars
This was the best cleanse I have done so far. For the two weeks I was on it I had no pains in my back, neck, shoulders or joints. Plus I lost and have kept off the last 10 pounds I had since having my daughter. I had more benefits from the cleanse, but I'm afraid it would be too much to read. You definitely have to get the mind set to do it. I had to prepare food for my daughter still, but it wasn't hard to do. She loved the lemon drink sans the cayanne of course. My husband did it with me as well as some family members. Everyone loves it. I bought the book for some friends who are also going to be doing it when I do it again. I feel this is essential to keeping your system healthy. I don't crave junk food nor have I had it since getting off the diet 5 weeks ago. We cook more at home also. I have always been into health and aware of foods and what the wrong ones can do to you. We went pretty much all organic about a year ago, but I still cheated while at work and would grab a burger and soda from time to time. I also lost my craving for a cup of decaf coffee every morning. The great thing about the cleanse is you also don't crave sweets. It really does make a difference in how you eat and view food. I highly recommend this cleanse for anyone over eighteen the results are wonderful and it's a good maintenance program for your body. I also must mention this I had a very calming and loving feeling towards life and others while doing the cleanse, I think it is truly amazing how much chemicals from foods and other ingested properties can really make you moody, edgy, irritable and stressed. Test it I think you will be pleasantly surprised, but follow the diet exactly. Best of luck.Book Review: Book: 4 stars; Cleanse: 5 stars
Summary: 4 Stars
I don't know about the updated book, but my version has some typos and incorrect page references. Some of the information (like honey is bad for you internally) is questionable, but the diet/cleanse is solid! I am currently on day 10. I have tried it a few times before and could never get past day three; this time, I had help with my "timing" and am now on day 10. I am going to continue on for another 10 days or so because I didn't do the salt water flush everyday (I only did it twice) and after reading at Glickman's message board, decided I will go on and continue the cleanse "to the letter." (Heck, I've come this far.)
Results (so far): My energy level went from lethargic to energetic in 48 hours! I have lost 10-12 lbs (or so), but what is more amazing is my depression is gone (and I wasn't expecting that). In addition, I have had a lump the size of a small sausage in my abdomen (for years); I've had tests (drank horrible liquid and sent into a scan); the doctor said is was most likely irritible bowel syndrome... whatever it was, it is gone. After reading another poster who had chronic swollen lymph nodes (which I had as well, but only on one side); I checked my neck... gone! This lymph node has been permanently swollen for two decades or more.
However, my tongue is not quite pink yet (indicating the toxins have not yet left my body completely... probably due to the lack of complete elimination fostered by the salt water flushes), so I will keep going until I feel completely cleansed.
I will do this going forward at least once a year; probably twice (every six months).
Best of luck!
Book Review: So many benefits...... (also excellent for quitting smoking)
Summary: 5 Stars
This cleanse works. I know at least ten people including myself who have done this fast and all of them, ALL of them have had very good results. It can be difficult at times, you can crave food in a sensual way even though you are not actually hungry. Your sense of smell is almost immediately heightened (especially if you give up smoking during the fast, which is how I finally quit some time ago) . I did not expect the weight loss that came with the fast. My weight loss actually came over the next 6 months after the first time I did this fast, I lost at least 20 pounds. The same thing happened for two other friends of mine. The immediate weight loss of the fast is not even as important as how cleansing your body can make you continue to lose weight *after* the fast. It has SO many health benefits. It helps with athletes foot (as it did for my boyfriend) because this is a condition often associated with candida. It helps many chronic problems and helped me with some of mine. Gives you a healthier immune system! Also, if you are dizzy on this fast as some people report you can alleviate that by drinking more of the lemonade and also adding a bit more maple syrup. Excercise during the fast is also tremendously helpful to stir things up and get them out of your system. Tried and true! Funny that many of the negative reviews come from people who have either not tried the fast or given up. Stick with it! Yes, it can be boring not putting any solid food in your mouth for ten days but if you are determined for a mere 10 days out of your life the whole quality of your health will improve for quite some time.